Mosaic Minerals (CSE:MOC) is continuing a 2,000m-plus diamond drilling program at its Golden Island Gold Project in Québec, Canada, after channel sampling returned 280.26 grams per tonne gold over 0.5m.
The company reports results from 343 samples, mostly 0.5m long, collected from 98 channels at the project in Abitibi, Québec.
Laboratoire Expert analysed the samples by fire assay, with gravimetric and metallic sieve re-assays on the ‘highest-grade’ material.
Sample C0380541 in channel 84 averaged 280.26g/t gold (Au). Sample C0381259 in channel 6 averaged 82.07g/t Au, alongside 42.5g/t silver, and 0.42% copper. Furthermore, sample C0381370 in channel 37 averaged 58.05g/t Au.
In channel 61, four consecutive samples over 2m returned 26.21g/t Au, 61.97g/t Au, 63.32g/t Au, and 1.17g/t Au by metallic sieve. In total, 50 samples graded above 1g/t gold across 35 channels, and 15 exceeded 10g/t in at least one assay.
The metallic sieve assays point to coarse gold, with sample C0381444 rising from 6.2g/t to 34.83g/t, and C0381450 from 8.81g/t to 63.32g/t.
More than 600m has been drilled in two holes since the program started on 29 October. The company logs and samples core as drilling progresses and will release results once validated.
CEO Jonathan Hamel says the exploration team is moving quickly to follow up on the surface results.
“In the field, the pace is excellent: the drill is turning on the island and the team is advancing quickly,” Hamel notes.
Mosaic Minerals also holds the Amanda gold and Gaboury nickel projects in Abitibi and James Bay.
Write to JC Villarba at Mining.com.au
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